On Cholesterol: A basic regime to see if I can improve my borderline cholesterol numbers

For years now my cholesterol has been hanging like a thread around bad boundary area. eat well, exercise, I was told. I did both. Not really moving any needles. Same thing this year when measured. So I looked up a little and here is a plan, should it work at all. Meaning to follow it up for sometime and see what happens. Here is a list of foods, drinks, and innocuous off the counter meds that I am planning to integrate into a regime for the next few months. I am yet to be convinced any home remedies work at all. Being an inveterate optimist I am hoping I am wrong

LDL, HDL, Triglycerides

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The Bad, the Good, and the Ugly

Food that helps Good Cholestrol: HDL

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A take from WebMD


A glass of red wine
Nuts
Salmon
Tuna

//Known stuff
30 minute a day rigorous activity
Loose weight

I eat nuts often. But my HDL stuck at 30. I was told need to be 40 and above.


Walnuts, 
almonds, 
peanuts, 
pistachios, 
pecans, 
peanuts,
hazelnuts


salmon, 
mackerel, 
albacore tuna, 
halibut


fish oil (I was told fish is the best instead)
Olive oil
Avocado

Oat meal
Brown rice


red wine
walnuts + dark choclate
almonds
pistachios

Salmon
Brown rice

Avocado,
Lemon,

Fish oil


Salmon, oven + grilled
Brownrice


Walnuts
Dark choclate
Almonds
Water


Pistachios
Oatmeal Cereal
Stealcut oatmeal


Avocado
Lemon
Cucumber
Olive oil
Salt
Black pepper


Fish oil
B12
Aspirin
  1. Salmon twice a week
  2. Avocado Salad
  3. Nuts to office
  4. Pistachios, oatmeal cereal
  5. Meds at work
  6. Water + Walk at work

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You can get it in Costco or Publix

Making sense of Cholesterol tests: Harvard Family Guide


LDL = Total cholesterol - HDL - (Triglycerides � 5)